The use of a word

[stivis]

I found that a couple of days ago I used a word that i don't think I've used before.
Two days on and I still believe I've never used it before
What's that word,(you may ask or even care)?
Necromancer

[John Donnelly]

Stivis, hi.
You have raised a good point. Define 'use.'
As far as I can remember, I have never actually said the word 'necromancer.'
BUT, I have read and heard it often enough in books and in radio/TV plays etc.
So, have I used the word or not?

JD.

[Meg]

Stivis, hi.
You have raised a good point. Define 'use.'
As far as I can remember, I have never actually said the word 'necromancer.'
BUT, I have read and heard it often enough in books and in radio/TV plays etc.
So, have I used the word or not?

JD.

You have now JD

[stivis]

I suppose I'm talking about using it in a sentence, either verbally or in text,printed or written form,
I would say reading it doesn't count as I did not use the word, I read it?

[John Donnelly]

Hi both.

Hoist with my own petard.
I suppose, now that I've used the word myself, I can't ask Stivis any more why he used it.
I was wondering whether he was getting funny in his old-age.

JD.

[stivis]

Why didn't I use it? If I was speaking someone it would be within a Gothic context, be that music, art or graphic novel(which has the art as well) I doubt I would consider reading a a conventional novel (written form only)

Why did I used it?
I was reading an article quickly not really paying a lot of attention,and my specs could have done with a clean.
I misread the words used to describe the person as necromancer about four lines on I thought that can't be right, and re-read.
So I replied saying I mis-read, and when I typed the word I realised that was the first time I had used it
What I mis-read were the words "narcissistic sociopath" used in the description of known person BUT it took me four lines to see my error

[Retsum]

I was giving an unrehearsed 'speech' at a family gathering and I was trying to keep to Ayrshire/Scots and I used a word I did not know I knew until I needed it. What I wanted to convey was "I don't understand" so what I said was "I cannae jalouse ..." I think I heard either my father or grandfather use it once and so it popped out just when I needed it.

[John Donnelly]

Yes,
I remember my grandparents' generation using that when I was a boy.
Another one I remember being used was 'tim' for empty.
Never ever used them, nor did my parents' generation.

JD.

[gnyaff]

Hi J.D. I remember the word Tim, though it was used in a different context.
I remember it as to meaning to pour something. Like having a jug of milk and you poured someone a glass and they didn't think they had enough they would say Tim a bit more in there. Or if something was too full you could Tim some out before it spills over.

Wee Boney

[John Donnelly]

Hi Gnaff,

Yes, that was the more usual use of 'tim.'
I believe the use I described was older.

JD.

[brian f]

Furlough

I don't think I have ever heard of this word until the last year.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictio ... h/furlough

[bonzo]

I heard a new one on the radio this afternoon, I don't even know if this is how you spell it but it's "maskne".
This is acne caused by wearing a face mask.